How to Use driveway in a Sentence

driveway

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  • A long driveway led to the mansion.
  • Or when wind blows heaps of snow from the front lawn to bury the driveway.
    — Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2023
  • Shirlee knew not to come by when Jane’s car was in the driveway.
    — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Chalk them all on the driveway, then bust out ride-on toys for the kids to drive around.
    — Michelle Crouch, Parents, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Fagan’s car was in the driveway; all the doors in the house were locked, but the house side gate was open.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The driveway slopes down to a private parking area and garage.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The Chevy Bolt that caught fire was unplugged and parked in the owner’s driveway.
    — Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The cord was nice and long at 25 feet, which came in handy while cleaning a driveway.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2023
  • To use the rope, first prepare your driveway by cleaning out the cracks.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
  • This can be rarely achieved when the vehicle is in the driveway, the website states.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Officers searched the area and found a black car parked in a Stephanie Lane driveway.
    — cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • The victim began to run down the driveway as two or three more dogs joined in on the attack.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 30 July 2023
  • Police said the homeowner gave the robber keys that didn’t match the car in the driveway, and the suspect left the area.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The driver saw a space between barrels and thought the entrance to a driveway was open.
    — cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Just as the homeowner fired a deputy pulled into the driveway.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The Valencias have yet to touch anything in Nathan’s room or sell his car, which sits idle in the driveway.
    — Zoë Bernard, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2023
  • Small white bundles were scattered on the driveway and front lawn.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Melody Petersen, and Angie Orellana Hernandez Los Angeles Times (tns), arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2023
  • They are being left on our windshields, in our driveways, and on our front doors.
    — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Toni was found near a tree in the small field adjacent to Doug Mason’s driveway.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • In four separate cars, the five men pulled into the driveway of the four-bedroom, ranch-style home.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Officers then arrived at that address and found the man’s car in the driveway.
    — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 14 July 2023
  • Once, a pair of women drove up Steve and Louise Deckard’s driveway to inquire if their house was a gift shop.
    — Katherine Oung, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Aug. 2023
  • There was a basketball hoop in the half-moon driveway, but Russell rarely used it.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The action moves in and out of view, but one of the suspects’ legs can be seen flailing as two of the victims pummel him in the driveway.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The friends had been in the driveway a short time when, Murphy alleged, Monahan fired two shots from the porch of his home.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • But there are no such measures at the house, where the children ride bikes in the driveway and play with a puppy named Dharma.
    — Eric Lipton, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • Water from the storms had come up onto his street and was creeping up his driveway.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2023
  • In April, a 20-year-old woman pulled into the wrong driveway in Heborn, New York while looking for a friend's house.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 2 June 2023
  • For a standard asphalt driveway, expect to spend $7 to $13 per square foot.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 6 May 2023
  • The pair own the pad, too, and have just listed it for a cool $30 million. Beyond the gated entrance, a long private driveway leads to the front door of the abode.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 June 2023

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